Full Project Proposal Format

1 Full Project Proposal Format Third Call for Proposals under the Benefit-sharing Fund Deadline for submitting full Project Proposal : 5th of December 2014. at and Third Call for Proposals of the Benefit-sharing Fund: Guidelines for the development of full Project proposals TABLE OF CONTENTS. Project Proposal cover sheet General requirements SECTION A: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. summary SECTION B: Project DESCRIPTION AND CONTENTS. problem definition Overall and specific objectives Targeted outputs, activities and related methodology of implementation Targeted PGRFA. Direct and indirect beneficiaries Impact and impact pathways 1. Food security and poverty alleviation Adaptation to climate change and environmental sustainability Scientific impact Capacity development and empowerment Relevance to national or regional priorities in its plans and programmes for PGRFA.

2 SECTION C: OPERATIONS. Methodology of Project implementation Partnerships and collaboration arrangements Project management team Sustainability SECTION D: APPENDIXES. Appendix:1 Information on the applicant Appendix 2: Logical Framework Appendix 3: Workplan Appendix 4: Budget Appendix 5: Disbursement information Page 1. Third Call for Proposals of the Benefit-sharing Fund: Guidelines for the development of full Project proposals Project Proposal COVER SHEET. Project No. _____ (For Treaty use. Do not write anything here). Project Title: An Integrated Approach to Identify and Characterize Climate Resilient Wheat for the West Asia and North Africa Region Project duration: 36 Months Target crops: Wheat (Triticum spp.). Targeted developing country/ies:, Egypt, Ethiopia, Jordan and Sudan Other Contracting Party/ies involved: Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)- Ethiopia, National Center for Agricultural Research and Extension (NCARE)- Jordan, Agriculture Research Center (ARC)- Egypt, Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC)- Sudan Project geographic extension (km ): 296,540.

3 Total requested funding: 500,000 $. Total co-funding: 500,000 $. Please select the type of Project you are applying for: Single-country Immediate Action Project (Window 2). Multi-country Immediate Action Programme (Window 2). Single-country Co-development and Transfer of Technology Project (Window 3). Multi-country Co-development and Transfer of Technology Project (Window 3). Applicant Name of Organization: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). Type of organization: CGIAR Center Project Contact: (name and position): Dr. Ayed Al-Abdallat, Senior Biotechnologist E-mail address: Telephone: +202-357-24358. Fax: +202-35728099. 2. Third Call for Proposals of the Benefit-sharing Fund: Guidelines for the development of full Project proposals GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. These guidelines have been prepared to support applicants in the development of full Project proposals.

4 They describe the requirements that all applicants should adhere to when developing their full Project Proposal . Please make sure you read these guidelines carefully before proceeding to fill in the Project Proposal Form. The full Proposal should be prepared taking into account the thematic focus of the Third Call for Proposals, including in particular, the rationale, scope and expected outputs for each Window and sub-Window. Project proposals must be clear and realistic on the problem to be addressed and objectives it tries to achieve. Project objectives have to fit in the thematic focus of the call and ultimately contribute to food security and poverty alleviation. Project objectives have to be logically interlinked with the planned activities, outputs and expected outcomes. The objectives and outputs have to be feasible in terms of duration and resources requested.

5 The information to be provided in each section has to be focused and straightforward, qualitatively and quantitatively measurable in terms of what will be done, with what purpose, who, why and how will be involved in the activities to be implemented, who and how many will directly and indirectly benefit from the implementation of the Project . A. good full Proposal will have a sound, clear and logically linked methodology of implementation and management. The full Project Proposal should contain no more than fifteen (15) pages of text (Appendixes, table of contents and cover sheets excluded). The number of pages allocated to each section is a guide. The information required can be less but not more than the pages stipulated. All Appendixes should be duly filled in according to the provided guidelines as they form an integral part of the full Project Proposal .

6 Project proposals lacking at least one Appendix, will be excluded from the selection process. The Appendixes will be provided to you in separate files together with the present document. When submitting the full Project Proposal , additional attachments (endorsement letters, funding commitments, certification of the status of the organization) can be provided. Please ensure that the Project Proposal and all attachments are legible in Times New Roman 12 and provided in two formats (pdf and word). Make sure the signature of the Project coordinator is put on the signature page. The Project Proposal , if approved for funding by the Bureau of the Sixth Session of the Governing Body, will form an integral part of the contractual agreement (Letter of Agreement) that will be signed with each applicant organization of the approved projects. 3. Third Call for Proposals of the Benefit-sharing Fund: Guidelines for the development of full Project proposals SECTION A: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.

7 1. Executive summary Climate change is expected to cause adverse effects to agriculture around the globe, with many countries showing increasing concerns about their possible devastating ripercussions. Earth temperatures are expected to increase by approximately 2 C in the next 100 years, which will result in dramtic changes in rainfall patterns in many parts of the world and particularly in dry areas. Temperature and water availability are major determinants of plant productivity. Limited water supply (drought stress) and warmer temperatures (heat stress) will certainly reduce crop production. Wheat yields are expected to drop by approximately 5% at each C increase in temperature. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L. and Triticum durum) is the third most cultivated crop on the planet and the first for human uptake of dietary proteins and fibers (FAOSTAT 2012).

8 Modern wheat cultivars were developed from a genetically narrow germplasm by means of pedigree. This increased its vulnerability to climate change, stress, and diseases. Decrease in potential wheat yield due to climate change stresses is very likely the outcome of the inability of the modern variety to adapt to hotter and/or shorter growing periods and prolonged water deficit conditions and heat stress. Such conditions are already very explicit in most of the dry areas of the World, especially within West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region. Furthermore, in most of the countries of WANA, wheat production is currently not sufficient to meet the rising domestic demands by the growing populations. Millions of tons of grain are imported annually to satisfy these needs, which raises the question of what will happen when climate change will cause a reduction in the global production and therefore to the exportations.

9 Wheat landraces, with high level of adaptation to drought and heat stresses, are rapidly disappearing from the main wheat production areas in the targeted countries and are replaced by new genetically uniform cultivars. Therefore, there is an urgent need to collect such wheat material and to characterize it at the molecular and phenotypic levels to enable their utilization in future breeding strategies to cope with climate change. Collected wheat genetic material deposited in ICARDA and national genebanks is not fully exploited (less than 8% are utilized) and their potential as a source of new alleles for breeding for drought and heat stress tolerance is not fully utilized. Therefore, there is a need to study the durability and variability in such material, which have been selected over millennia and that might be adapted to local harsh environments.

10 This will lead to the identification of new alleles for tolerance against drought and heat stress, which will be utilized in ICARDA and National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) breeding programs. In this study, an integrated approach that includes different molecular, phenotypic and informatics tools, will be adopted to identify and characterize wheat genetic resources resilient to climate change with special emphasis on drought and heat stresses. The study will seek the establishment of an effective long-lasting partnership between ICARDA, as a leading institute, and NARS in targeted countries. This will provide the breeders and other scientists at ICARDA and NARS with the proper tools to share and integrate phenotypic and genetic information to accelerate the delivery of new wheat varieties that are adapted to the climate change-related challenges with particular emphasis on information exchange, technology transfer and capacity-building.